Eleutherococcus senticosus
(Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. · speciesAt a glance
Sources13 archives
Databases and archives Eleutherococcus senticosus's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation14 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 340 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI33 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics40 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotypeEvery layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Eleutherococcus senticosus leaves Eleutherococcus senticosus is a species of small, woody shrub in the family Araliaceae native to Northeastern Asia. It may be colloquially called devil's bush, Siberian ginseng, eleuthero, ciwujia, Devil's shrub, shigoka, touch-me-not, wild pepper, or kan jang. E. senticosus has a history of use in folklore and traditional Chinese medicine. Root extracts of E. senticosus are sold as a dietary supplement or cosmetic, usually under the name Siberian ginseng.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology3
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment8
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits4
Compounds documented for Eleutherococcus senticosus across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds295 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (+)-Asarinin | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-Eudesmin | present | NPASS | |
| (+)-Mediresinol Di-O-beta-D-glucopyranoside | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-Syringaresinol | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)-syringaresinol beta-D-glucoside | present | LOTUS | |
| (+)Neoclausenamide | present | NPASS | |
| (-)-alpha-Bisabolol | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Kaur-16-en-19-oic acid | present | LOTUS | |
| (-)-Syringaresinol | present | NPASS | |
| (1R,3aS,5aR,5bR,7aR,8S,9R,11aR,11bR,13aR,13bR)-3a-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-6-[[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4R,5R,6S)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxycarbonyl-9-hydroxy-5a,5b,8,11a-tetramethyl-1-[(2S)-1-oxopropan-2-yl]-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,7a,9,10,11,11b,12,13,13a,13b-hexadecahydrocyclopenta[a]chrysene-8-carboxylic acid | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Eleutherococcus senticosus has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Eleutherococcus senticosus carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 488×CCDB · iapt · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 +1
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type1 340 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions18 of 40 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Beijing, CN | 151 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 71 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 31 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 25 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 14 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 12 |
| Herbarium of the Department of Botany, University of Tokyolocation not on record | 9 |
| Cambridge, US | 8 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 7 |
| Institute of Biology and Soil Science, Vladivostoklocation not on record | 6 |
| GMBAlocation not on record | 5 |
| KR | 5 |
| Kushiro City Museumlocation not on record | 4 |
| Institute of the biological problems of the North FEB RASlocation not on record | 4 |
| Xiamen, CN | 3 |
| Bronx, US | 2 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 2 |
| Guangzhou, CN | 2 |
| Ivano-Frankove, UA | 2 |
| Guilin, CN | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Québec, CA | 1 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 1 |
| Nanjing, CN | 1 |
| Shanxi Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Toyama, JP | 1 |
| Fukushima Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Kew, GB | 1 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 1 |
| Forestry and Forest Products Research Institutelocation not on record | 1 |
| Olocation not on record | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Herbarium of South China Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| IWEP FEB RASlocation not on record | 1 |
| Kunming, CN | 1 |
| Jiangxi College of Educationlocation not on record | 1 |
| València, ES | 1 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Eleutherococcus senticosus was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.